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Richard Bowen (Richard, Esther) was born to Richard Bowen and Esther (Sutton) Bowen on January 17, 1662/3 in Rehoboth, Bristol County, Massachusetts AR4. In the division of his uncle’s estate on March 7, 1687, Richard, the son of Richard Bowen and the nephew of William Bowen, was granted BR22:
That ye House lott yt lyeth between ye Lotts of Nathanael Chasey & Rich.d Martin also six Acres of upland in Watchamokett Necke being ye remainder of some Lands there belonging to s.d W.m Bowen Decd.d ye rest being formerly by s.d W.m Bowen disposed of in his life time Allso twenty five pounds Estate of Commonage in said Rehoboth Towneship allso ye one halph of ye remainder of ye Saltmarsh
Richard Bowen, Jr., was included in a list of proprietors and inhabitants of Rehoboth in a deed from William Bradford to the inhabitants of Rehoboth on February 7, 1689 BL7:
William Bradford of New-Plimoth, son and heir to the said William Bradford deceased aforesaid… for and in consideration of the sum of fifteen pounds in current money of New-England, to me in hand… paid by Daniel Smith, Esq’r. Capt. Peter Hunt, Capt. John Brown, Esq’r. John Peck, Lieut. Nicholas Peck, Gilbert Brooks, Thomas Cooper, Samuel Newman, William Carpenter, Samuel Peck, Stephen Paine, Richard Bowen, and Ensign Thomas Willmath, yeomen, some of the proprietors of said tract and tracts, and most of them ancient inhabitants of said town of Rehoboth, the receipt whereif I do hereby acknowledge… have granted, remised, released, and forever quit-claim… unto the said Daniel Smith, Peter Hunt, John Brown, John Peck, Nicholas Peck, Gilbert Brooks, Thomas Cooper, Samuel Newman, William Carpenter, Samuel Peck, Stephen Paine, Richard Bowen, Thomas Willmarth, and to their heirs and assigns forever, in the behalf and use of themselves and all other the allowed inhabitants and proprietors of the said town of Rehoboth, whose names are entered in the town records of Rehoboth… and… shall be specified by name in the schedule or list of names hereto annexed, in their and every of their full and peaceable possession and seizen now being according to their and every of their common or several and respective interest… all such right, estate, title, interest, possession and demand whatsoever which I, the said William Bradford, have or ought to have
A list of the names of the inhabitants and proprietors of the Towne of Rehoboth having Rights and Titles to the Measuages, Tenements and Lands contained in the above written Instrument hereunto annexed and affixed, which hath been reade and allowed in a full Towne meeting, ffebruary the 7th, 1689
Richard Bowen married Patience Peck on February 28, 1690/1 in Rehoboth, Massachusetts AR4. Both Richard and his father, as well as Samuel and William Carpenter, signed as witnesses to the will of John Titus of Rehoboth, Bristol County, Massachusetts on November 1, 1697 MA58. He sold 44 acres of land in Rehoboth to James Bowen on April 1, 1703; witnesses to the deed of sale were Hezekiah Bowen, Thomas A. Bliss, and John West BR22:
To all People Unto whom this present Deed of Sale shall come I Richard Bowen of the Town of Rehoboth in the County of Bristol in the Province of the Massachuset Bay in New England… Sendeth Greeting Know ye that I ye said Richard Bowen for & in Consideration of the sum of seven pounds & fifteen shillings Current money of New England to me in hand well and truly payd before the ensealing & Delivery of these presents by James Bowen of the Town and County aforesaid in New England wheelwright the Receipt whereof I the said Richard Bowen do hereby own and acknowledge myself… to be truly satisfyed… and by these presents do I fully freely Clearly & absolutely give grant Bargain sell Alien Enfeoff Certify and Confirme unto him the said James Bowen his heires and assignes fore Ever A Certain part or parcel of land Situate lyeing & being on the East Side of Palmers River within the Township [of] Rehoboth aforesd. Containing forty four acres be the same more or less and Butted and bounded northerly on the land laid out to Richard Wh… Easterly and westerly on high wayes and southerly on land layd out in the Right of Jonathan Bliss late of Rehoboth deceased or… Ever otherwise bounded or Reputed to be bounded Together with all and singular the wood underwood Timber standing lyeing or growing on said land with all… Mines Miniralls water water Courses…
In witness whereof I the said Richard Bowen hath here unto set to my hand and seal the first day of Aprill one Thousand seven Hundred and three…
Richard was one of three constables which served Rehoboth who were mentioned in a town meeting held on September 14, 1711 which recorded “We whose Names are here unto Subscribed Made a Countery Rate…& Committed it To three Constables To Collectt (viz) Const[able] Richard Bowen part is – ₤102-s02-d0…” RE30. On November 20, 1711, the selectmen of Rehoboth set the tax amounts (rates) for the minister, Mr. Greenwood, and for the town itself; they assigned Richard Bowen and the other two constables the task of collecting these rates and delivering them to the town treasurer (Lieutenant Mosey Read) by February 25, 1711/12 RE30. Richard was assigned to collect and pay over ₤38 for the town’s rate and over ₤33 for the minister’s rate to the treasurer RE30.
He was not the individual referred to as Dr. Richard Bowen. A deed dated April 9, 1711 and witnessed by Paul Newman, Jonathan Bishop, and Daniel Smith stated that “Richard Bowen of ye Same town Doctor” purchased four acres of land in Rehoboth from John Perkins of Rehoboth, Bristol County in the Province of Massachusetts Bay in New England for the sum of £33 BR22:
A Certain Lott of Land Containing By Estemation four Acres be It more or Less with ye housing orcharding & fencing thereon Scituate In Rehoboth Aforsd Lying & being between Decn [the previous abbreviated word is uncertain] Samll Newmans house Lott & Benjamin Hunts house Lott being Butted & Bounded Westerly to sd Samll Newmans Land & bounded Southerly partly to sd Samll Newmans Land & partly to sd Benja Hunts Land & Bounded Easterly to sd hunts Land & Bounded Northerly to sd town Common With a Straight Line from sd Samll Newmans Corner of his house Lott to sd Corner to sd Corner of sd Benja Hunts house Lott Where there fence [the previous word is uncertain] now Stands
Another deed dated August 11, 1713 again referred to Richard Bowen of Rehoboth as a doctor and stated that he had “deer love and Tender Affection I have & bear to my Eldest son Thomas Bowen” BR22. This particular Doctor Richard Bowen is not the same individual as the subject of this biographical sketch. A probate record for Dr. Richard Bowen, whose son, Thomas, was the administrator of his estate, was dated July 25, 1738 MA58. This Dr. Richard Bowen died about a year before the death of the Richard Bowen who is the subject of this biographical sketch.
Richard and Patience Bowen gave a receipt for a legacy from the estate of Joseph Peck of Rehoboth on December 8, 1715, which was paid for by the executor of the estate, Samuel Peck RO30. He was granted three parcels of land from his father on October 1, 1716 BR22. This deed was witnessed by Daniel Smith and James Sabin and included a parcel of 50 acres of upland and meadow in Attleborough, a parcel of 73 ¾ acres of land in Rehoboth near a meadow which was near the eastern branch of Palmer River, and a parcel of 75 acres in Rehoboth at the northeastern end of Squanakunk Swamp BR22. The deed also confirmed that his father had previously given Richard a parcel 37 acres of land on the fork of Palmer River which was adjacent to the parcel of 73 ¾ acres he granted in the present deed BR22:
To all People before whom these Presents shall Come Richard Bowen Senior of the Town of Rehoboth in the County of Bristoll in the province of the Massachusets Bay In New England Yeoman Sendeth Greeting Know Yee that I the said Richard Bowen for and in Consideration of Love Good will and affection which I have and do bear Towards my Eldest Son Richard Bowen of Town of Rehoboth aforesd Yeoman and for Divers other good Causes and Considerations me moving Have Given Granted made over Enfeoffed Conveyed and Confirmed & by these presents do freely fully and absolutely give Grant make over enfeoff Convey and Confirm unto my said son Richard Bowen his heirs Execurs admirs and assigns forever Several Tracts or parcels of Land Scituate in Said Rehoboth and attleborough in ye County aforesaid and are as followeth (viz) all that my Second allotment of Land laid out to me in ye North Purchased Lands of said Rehoboth Commonly So called now the Township of Attleborough aforesaid Containing fifty acres of UpLand and meadow ground be the Same more or be it less as it is butted and bounded as doth plainly and fully appear in the fifty fifth folio of ye first Book of Lands Records of the proprietors of the Said North purchased Lands of said Rehoboth (now being said attleborough) as it doth appear to be Recorded and described in the before Recited folio of sd Book of Land Records Likewise an other Tract or parcell of Land Scituate in Rehoboth Containing Seventy three acres and three quarters of an acre be the same more or less Lying and being near the great meadows near the Eastern Branch of Palmers River adjoyning to a Lott of Land which I formerly Gave to my sd son Richard Bowen the said Seventy three acres and three quarters of an before mentioned & described as may full and plainly appear in the one hundred Ninety & Ninth folio of the Second Book of said Rehoboth Land Records as it is there Recorded Likewise another Tract or Lott of Land Scituate in Said Rehoboth Containing Seventy five acres be the Same more or less lying and being on the Northeasterly end of Squananakunk Swampe [sic; this was likely meant to state “Squanakunk Swamp”] adjoyning to the Land of the heirs of Capt Samuel Walkers Land and adjoyning to the Land of James Redaway and Collu Nathll Paines as it is butted and Bounded as may fully and plainly appear in the before mentioned one hundred and Ninety and Ninth folio of the before mentioned Second Book of sd Rehoboth Land Records and Likewise I do hereby Confirm and Ralifie [this previous word was likely meant to state “ratify”] to my Said Son Richard Bowen his heirs and assigns forever a Certain Tract or Lott of Land which I have formerly given to him and ordered it to be Recorded to him Containing thirty Seven acres of Land be it more or less lying and being in the fork of Palmers River and adjoyning to the forementioned Seventy three acres and three Quarters being butted and bounded as may fully and plainly appear in the one hundred & seventy fifth folio of the third Book of sd Rehoboth Land records TO HAVE AND TO HOLD the afore Lott of Land Sictuate lying and being on both Sides of Abots Run in the Township of said attleborough being my Second Lott in the above mentioned North Purchase as it is butted and bounded as it doth appear in the before Recited fifty fifth folio of the Said North Purchasers Book of Land Records and the above mentioned Seventy three acres and three quarters of an acre and the above mentioned Seventy five acres and the above mentioned Thirty Seven acres all of it be it more or less All as they are Severally Butted and bounded Described and Recorded in the before Recited folio’s of the before Recited Book of Records with all and singular the appurtenances priviledges and Commodities to the Same belonging or in any manner of wayes appertaining to him my said Son Richard Bowen his heirs Executors admrs and assigns forever to his & their only proper Use Benefit and Behoof forever and my said Son Richard Bowen his heirs Execrs admrs and assigns shall and may from time to time and at all times forever hereafter by force and virtue of these presents Lawfully peaceably and quietly have hold use occupy possess and enjoy the above given and granted premises with every of their appurces free and Clear and freely and Clearly acquitted Exonerated and Discharged of and from all and all manner of former and other gifts Grants bargaines or Sales which I had made or Suffered to be done and from all Incumberances whatsoever So that neither I the said Richard Bowen Senr nor any of my other heirs nor any other person or persons from or under me or them or in my name Right or Stead Shall or will have Claim Challenge or Demand any Estate Right Title Interest or propriety of or in to the above given and Granted premises or any part or parcel thereof but therefrom and thereof Shall be utterly Barred and Excluded forever…
On November 30, 1716, Richard Bowen, Jr. of Rehoboth, Bristol County, Yeoman, granted the parcel of 50 acres in Attleborough Township which was positioned on “both sides of Abbots Run” to his son, Christopher BR22. Richard and John Bowen were called the brother-in-laws of Samuel Millord, who appointed them as overseers to his last will and testament on September 29, 1718 MA58. Richard was named in his father’s will, dated on April 12, 1718 MA58. On November 8, 1718, he granted 54 acres to his son, Dan Bowen, in a deed witnessed by Daniel Carpenter and Mary Carpenter BR22:
Richard Bowen, Jun of the Town of Rehoboth in the County of Bristol in the Province of ye Massachusetts Bay in New England yeoman… for and Consideration of love good will & Affection which I have & do bare towards my Naturall Son Dan Bowen of the Town aforesd Husbandman… give grant Make over Enfeoff Convey & Confirm unto him my said son Dan Bowen his heires Exec[utors] Adm[inistrators] & assigns for Ever A Certain Tract of land lying & being neer the great Meadow Neer the Eastorly branch of Palmers River scittuate in sd Rehoboth Containing about fifty four acres be it more or less…
During a Rehoboth town meeting held on May 13, 1719 at the meeting house on “palmers River”, the townspeople of Rehoboth decided to use the recently constructed building “on the Westerly side of the Town” as the town’s meeting house RE31. David Chaffe, Dan Bowen, John Bowen, Richard Bowen, Jr., and Lieutenant Samuel Peck were present at this meeting and they “all Entered their Protests against thes vote” RE31. This meeting house had been constructed sometime after a town meeting held on June 11, 1716, in which it was decided that “a building should be sett up - & Raised on the East side of the old Meeting house Rainging [ranging] North with the old Meeting house & Thirty & three foots Eastward from the old Meeting house” RE31.
On March 5, 1724/5, he granted 40 acres to his son, Peter Bowen, in a deed witnessed by Nathaniel Cooper and Edward Glover which was described as “a Certain Tract or parcell of Land of Upland Swamp meadow & meadow ground scituate in sd Rehoboth Containing by Estimation about Forty acres… lying upon the Back side of the forty acre meadow near the head of sd forty acres commonly so called Bounded Easterly westerly & Northerly high wayes Begining at a Red Oak Tree Standing near said head of the The [sic] Forty acres by the House that the said Peter Bowen hath lately set up upon said Land…” BR22. He sold “One messuage or Tract of Land scituate Lying and being in attleborough aforesaid Lying near a place called & known by the name of Bare hill Containing by estimation Twenty five acres be it more or less” for the sum of £23 to his son, Christopher Bowen of Attleborough on January 4, 1726/7 BR22. Richard Bowen, Senior (so called because his father had passed away) and John Bowen, both of Rehoboth, sold “ten acres of Land in the Common or undivided Land in the township of attleborough” for the sum of £5 to John Campbell of Attleborough on January 19, 1727/8 BR22. He sold a parcel of 52 ¾ acres of land in Rehoboth which was located near the “Great meadows” to Benjamin Munro, a shipwright of Swansey (Swansea), for the sum of £225 on June 17, 1730 in a deed witnessed by Daniell and Susanna Carpenter BR22. Together, he and John Bowen sold ten acres of land in Attleborough to Andrew Starkey for the sum of £5 on December 8, 1730 BR22. Richard Bowen, Sr., husbandman of Rehoboth, purchased 24 acres of land from Noah Chaffe for the sum of £185 on January 21, 1732 in a deed witnessed by John Bowen and Edward Glover BR22:
A certain Tract of parcell of Land & meadow Situate lying and being in Rehoboth at a place called the half mile Swamp Said Land and meadow containing Twenty four acres more or less bounded as followeth (viz) Begining at Northerly end & Bounded Northerly to ye home lot yt was Lenard Nusumes [possibly this meant Leonard Newsome] Easterly partly bounded with ye land of sd Lenard Nusum & partly with ye land of the heirs of John Thurston decea[se]d & partly with the Land that was Henery Sweeting Seniors bounded Southerly with the Land of Henery Sweeting bounded westerly with the highway or Road Likewise thirty pound Estate or Right of Commonage in the Township of Rehoboth
Richard Bowen wrote his will on August 29, 1739 which has been transcribed below MA58. An adjustment in the transcription has been made, however. In some instances, the scribe failed to cross the lowercase letter “t”, which rendered it as an “l”, so in cases in which there was no question about what the word stated, these have been transcribed as they were intended (ex: merils to merits; liberly to liberty) MA58:
In the Name of God Amen the Twenty Ninth Day of August in the year of our Lord 1739: I Richard Bowen of Rehoboth in the County of Bristol In NewEngland [sic] Husbandman being very sick and weak of body but of Perfect mind and memmory thanks be Given unto God therfor Calling to mind the mortality of my body knowing that it is appionted [sic] to men once to Dye Do make and ordain this my Last will and Testament that is to say Principally and first of all I give and Recommend my Soul into the hands of God that gave it hoping through the merits Death and Passion of my Saviour Jesus Christ to have full and free Pardon of all my sins and to Inherit Everlasting Life: and my body I Commit to the Earth to be Decently Buried att the Discretion of my Executors hereafter Named Nothing Doubting but att the General Resurrection I shall Receve [sic] the Same againe by the mighty Power of God
And as Touching Such worldly Estate as God hath given me in this Life I give Demise and Dispose of the same in the following manner and form that is to say first of all those Debtes and Dues I do owe in Right and in Concieance [conscience] to any manner of Person whatsoever shall be well and Truly Paid or ordered to be Paid in Convenient time after my Decease by my Executors hereafter Named
Item I Give and Bequeath to Patiance my Dearly Beloved wife the sum of fifty Pounds a year During her Natural Life and Liberty to Live in my Dweling house So Long as she Lives
Item I Give to my Well Beloved Grand Children the heires of my Son Christopher Bowen the sum of ten Pounds to Each of them as they Come to the age of Twenty one years money of the old Tenour [old tenor money referred to the inflation which occurred in Massachusetts during this time; a series of bills were issued over the course of several years – old tenor, middle tenor, and new tenor - the middle and new tenor bills had different valuations in relation to the old tenor bills DA17]
Item I Give to my well Beloved Daughter Mary Cole the sum of Two Hundred Pounds with what she hath had before money of the old Tenour
Item I Give to my well Beloved Daughter Zerviah Jones the sum of Two Hundred Pounds and Likewise my Grait Bible and Liberty to Dwel in my house So Long as She Lives
Item I Give to my well Beloved Son David Bowen my home Lott & all my Buildings thereon Except the Previlidge I have already Given In [the previous word was written over which rendered it mostly illegible, but the darker word overtop of the original word appeared to state “In”] the house and Likewise my Lott att the half mile Swamp all with in fence [“swamp all with” was written as “swampallwith” – the word “all” seemed to have been written in the space between “swamp” and “with”, and was very small and cramped]
Item I Give To my well Beloved Sons Ichabod Bowen and Peter Bowen whom I Likewise Constitute make and ordain my only and Sole Executors of this my Last will and Testament all my Right of Land to Lay out in the Township of Attleborough
Item I Give to my well Beloved Sons Ichabod Bowen Dan Bowen Peter Bowen Richard Bowen Uriah Bowen and David Bowen all and Singuler my Lands and meadows and Rights of Lands and Commonage and moveables and all my Estate (Except what is above mentioned, upon Equall Shears Between the Said Ichabod Bowen Dan Bowen Peter Bowen Richard Bowen Uriah Bowen and David Bowen by them freely to be Possesed and Enjoyed: and I Do hereby utterly Disallow Revocke and Disanul all and Every other former Testament wills and Legacys bequests and Executors by me in any ways before this time Named willed and Bequeathed and Ratifying and Confirming this and no other to be my Last will & Testament: In wittness whereof I have hereunto Set my hand & Seal the Day and year above written
Signed Sealed Published and Pronounced and Declared by the said Richard Bowen as his Last will and Testament in the Presence of us Wittnesses
Edward Glover Ezekiel Carpenter Rebeceah [sic] Abel
His will was proved at the Bristol County Probate Court on September 18, 1739, and on the same date, Icabod Bowen and Peter Bowen, yeomen of Rehoboth, Bristol County were appointed by Nathaniel Blagrove, Judge of the Probate Court of Bristol County to create an inventory of the estate of their father, Richard Bowen and to present it to the Probate Court before December 18, 1739 MA58. The inventory was submitted on October 1, 1739; the appraisers of the estate were Edward Glover, Ezekiel Carpenter, and Noah Newman MA58. The amounts of each item were written in columns - pounds in the first column, shillings in the second, and pence in the third. The values have been omitted in this transcription (and replaced with ellipses) and it has been reformatted as a paragraph, rather than a list. The value for his real estate stated “£13910:”, but the correct valuation for the real estate was probably £139 and ten shillings. The appraisers did not use columns for this particular value and they also did not place a colon in the correct location to indicate a separation between pounds and shillings MA58:
A True Inventory of all and Singuler the Goods & Chattles of mr Richard Bowen Late of Rehoboth Deceased taken by us the Subscribers October ye 1st 1739
His Wearing Apparil… money and Plate… Arms and amunition… the Books… the first bed and furniture… Second Bed & furniture… the third Bed and the fourth Bed… the sheets Pillobers Napkins and Pillows… the Pewter in the House… Brass Ware in ye house… the Iron Ware in the house Potts Kittles hand irons Tongs fire Shovel and Grid Iron… The Chests Chairs table meal Troughs… Case of bottles… and other Glass & Earthen ware… Pair of stillards Box Iron and heatters & Candelsticks… the Barrels tubs Casks and other wooden Lumber… Wheels and Cards… Iron tools and old Iron… the Chains horse Chains Coler harness Iron Bar… the cotton worsted and sheeps wool… the Cart & Wheels Draught sled Cops & Pin [uncertain of the previous two words] Rings staple… the Indian Corn & Rye… meat… the Saddle and housing Part of the Syder mill press… the Cart Rope
The Personal Estate £318 seven shillings six pence
All the Land with the Buildings thereon and the Common Right Both in Rehoboth & Attleborough £13910:
A record of the gravestones of Newman Cemetery (formerly in Rehoboth, Massachusetts and currently located in East Providence, Rhode Island) was conducted by David Jillson in 1852 and by Ira Peck about the year 1860 RH2. In 1860, Ira Peck recorded that the gravestone of Richard Bowen indicated he was born about 1663 and died on August 31, 1739 RH2. This gravestone is no longer present in the cemetery RH2.
Patience Peck (Joseph, Hannah) was born on October 11, 1669 in Rehoboth to Joseph and Hannah Peck AR4. Patience, the wife of Richard Bowen, was named in her father’s will dated dated July 5, 1697 MA58. Patience (Peck) Bowen was the mother of Christopher, Ichabod, Dan, Mary, Peter, Eber, Richard, another son named Richard, Zerviah, Uriall, and David AR4.
Christopher Bowen was born on April 7, 1691 in Rehoboth, Bristol County, Massachusetts AR4 and was baptized at Newman Congregational Church on October 10, 1703 AR8. Christopher declared his intent to wed Rebeckah Whitaker of Rehoboth on April 2, 1720 AR4 and died on June 16, 1729 in Attleborough, Massachusetts MA26. Christopher and “Re—(Whiticker)” Bowen were named as the parents of four children whose births were recorded in Attleborough (Attleboro), Bristol County, Massachusetts MA26. These were, Amos, born on May 31 in the 1720s (the final digit of the year was missing), Christopher, born on April 21, 1723, Caleb, born on April 21, 1725, and Nathanel, born on November 17 in an unknown year MA26. As the birthdates for Christopher and Caleb were the same (April 21st), it is possible that one or both are incorrect. Christopher Bowen, a yeoman of Attleboro, wrote his will on April 4, 1729, which mentioned his wife, Rebeca, and his minor sons, Amos, who was the eldest, Christopher, Caleb, and Nathaniel RO30. He named his wife as the executor and guardian of his two youngest sons, Caleb and Nathaniel, and he named his brothers, Icabod and Dan Bowen, as guardians of his two oldest sons, Amos and Christopher RO30. His will was witnessed by Benjamin Crabtree, Dan Bowen, and Noah Carpenter, Jr. and the date of probate and the inventory of his estate occurred on July 15, 1729 RO30.
Ichabod Bowen was born on April 4, 1693 in Rehoboth, Bristol County, Massachusetts AR4 and was baptized at Newman Congregational Church on October 10, 1703 AR8. Ichabod Bowen and Martha Walker, who both resided in Rehoboth, were married on October 5, 1721 AR4. Ichabod and Martha Bowen were the parents of five children whose births were recorded in Rehoboth, Bristol County, Massachusetts AR4. These were Eleazer, born on November 11, 1722, Samuel, born on November 2, 1724, Simeon, born on January 2, 1730, Ichabod, born on October 25, 1735, and Martha, born on August 22, 1737 AR4. Eleazer died on October 24, 1744 in Rehoboth, and three deaths in Ichabod’s family occurred in June and July, 1747 in Rehoboth, Bristol County, Massachusetts AR4. Martha Bowen, the wife of Ichabod, died on June 9, 1747, and his children Samuel and Martha died on July 3 and July 10, respectively AR4. Ichabod was mentioned in his father’s will, dated August 29, 1739 MA58. Ichabod Bowen died on March 20, 1760 in Rehoboth, Bristol County, Massachusetts AR4.
Dan Bowen was born on November 26, 1694 in Rehoboth, Bristol County, Massachusetts AR4 and was baptized at Newman Congregational Church on October 10, 1703 AR8. Dan Bowen, called the grandson of Richard Bowen, Sr., was named in his grandfather’s will, dated April 12, 1718 MA58. Daniell Bowen and Mehettabell Chaffee, both residents of Rehoboth, were married on December 31, 1724 by Reverend John Greenwood AR4. Dan and Mehittabell Bowen were the parents of seven children whose births were recorded in Rehoboth, Bristol County, Massachusetts AR4. These were Mehittabell, born on August 22, 1725, Charles, born on November 18, 1728, Esther, born on September 14, 1736, Huldah, born on February 21, 1733/4, twins Zerviah and Amos, who were born on May 16, 1736, and Ruth, born on August 20, 1737 AR4. Ruth died two days after her birth on August 22, 1737 AR4. Amos and Zerviah died within days of each other; Amos died on June 6, 1736 and Zerviah died on June 10, 1736 (both deaths occurred in Rehoboth, Bristol County, Massachusetts) AR4. Dan Bowen was mentioned in his father’s will, dated August 29, 1739 MA58.
Mary Bowen was born on December 28, 1696 in Rehoboth, Bristol County, Massachusetts AR4 and was baptized at Newman Congregational Church on October 10, 1703 AR8. Mary Bowen married Thomas Cole, who resided in Boston, Massachusetts on March 11, 1723/4 in a ceremony officiated in Boston by Reverend Penn Townsend AR4, CA92. Thomas Cole had previously been married to Hannah, who died on December 3, 1723 in Voluntown, New London County, Connecticut CA92. Thomas and Mary Cole were the parents of eight children whose births were recorded in Voluntown, New London County, Connecticut CA92. These were John, born on October 24, 1725, Mary, born on September 24, 1727, Hannah, born on September 22, 1729 (who died on June 10, 1748), Ann, born on September 17, 1731 (who died on May 28, 1751), Patience, born on August 2, 1733 (who died on January 21, 1755), Thomas, born on August 24, 1735, Easther, born on October 24, 1737, and Martha, born on November 17, 1739 CA92. Half of their children were born on the 24th day of August, September, or October. Mary Cole was mentioned in her father’s will, dated August 29, 1739 MA58.
Peter Bowen was born on September 3, 1698 in Rehoboth, Bristol County, Massachusetts AR4 and was baptized at Newman Congregational Church on October 10, 1703 AR8. Peter Bowen married Susanna Kent on March 23, 1726/7 in Rehoboth, Bristol County, Massachusetts AR4. Peter and Susanna Bowen were the parents of three children whose births were recorded in Rehoboth, Bristol County, Massachusetts AR4. These were Susanna, born on April 1, 1729, Patience, born on April 2, 1734, and Sarah, born on January 2, 1735/6 AR4. Peter was mentioned in his father’s will, dated August 29, 1739 MA58. Susannah Bowen, the wife of Peter, died on July 11, 1744 in Rehoboth, Bristol County, Massachusetts, and Peter died on July 9, 1748 in Rehoboth AR4.
Eber Bowen was born on October 26, 1700 in Rehoboth, Bristol County, Massachusetts AR4. Eber Bowen was not mentioned in the will of Richard Bowen, dated August 29, 1739 MA58.
Richard Bowen was born on June 19, 1702 in Rehoboth, Bristol County, Massachusetts AR4 and was baptized at Newman Congregational Church on July 8, 1705 AR8. A burial record for Richard Bowen, who was the son of Richard Bowen, Jr., indicated that he was buried on July 11, 1706 in Rehoboth AR4. It is uncertain if the year was recorded correctly, because a second son with the same name was born in 1703/4 AR4.
Richard Bowen was born on March 24, 1703/4 in Rehoboth, Bristol County, Massachusetts AR4. Richard Bowen, Jr. married a widow named Ann (Newman) Bowen AR4, SA18, the widow of Ebenezer Bowen SA18, on March 8, 1736/7 in Rehoboth in a marriage ceremony officiated by Reverend John Greenwood; their marriage intentions had been published on June 19, 1736 AR4. Her three children with Ebenezer whose births were recorded in Rehoboth, Bristol County, Massachusetts were Amica, born on September 10, 1726, Caleb, born on August 7, 1729, and Elijah, born on September 27, 1731 AR4. Richard and Anne (Newman) Bowen may have been the parents of Ebenezer, born about 1738, and Sylvia, born about 1750 SA18. Richard was mentioned in his father’s will, dated August 29, 1739 MA58. Richard may have died in Killingly, Windham County, Connecticut sometime after his land purchase of eight acres in Killingly on December 6, 1770 SA18.
Zerviah Bowen was born on November 16, 1706 in Rehoboth, Bristol County, Massachusetts AR4 and was baptized at Newman Congregational Church on April 17, 1709 AR8. Zerviah Bowen and John Jones, both of Rehoboth, were married on June 25, 1734 in Rehoboth by Reverend John Greenwood AR4. Zerviah Jones was mentioned in her father’s will, dated August 29, 1739 MA58. According to her gravestone, Zerviah Jones, the wife of John Jones, died on May 3, 1747 and was buried at Newman Cemetery in Rehoboth RH2. According to her gravestone located at Newman Cemetery in East Providence Rhode Island, Zerviah Jones died at age forty-one on May 3, 1747 SA18.
Uriall Bowen was born on July 9, 1708 or 1709 (the last digit of the year is illegible) in Rehoboth, Bristol County, Massachusetts AR4.
David Bowen was born on August 1, 1714 in Rehoboth, Bristol County, Massachusetts AR4. A record of David Bowen’s intent to marry Hannah Smith of Providence was dated June 3, 1738 AR4. David was mentioned in his father’s will, dated August 29, 1739 MA58. David and Hannah Bowen were the parents of seven children whose births were recorded in Rehoboth, Bristol County, Massachusetts AR4. These were Bebee, born on April 22, 1739, Princes, born on September 5, 1741, Margaret, born on May 2, 1743, William, born on December 17, 1745, Peter, born on June 2, 1748, Christopher, born on December 17, 1750, and Lydia, born on June 17, 1753 AR4. He may have been the “Mr David Bowin” who died on March 4, 1809 in Peru, Berkshire County, Massachusetts MA26.
Patience Bowen died on August 21, 1746 in Rehoboth, Bristol County, Massachusetts AR4.